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From 1960 to 1970, the site consisted of seven waste disposal lagoons and open storage of 10,000 to 15,000 drums. Testing of groundwater found it to contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Soil sampling identified VOCs, phthalates, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and metals including lead and chromium.
This is a list of landfills in the United States.A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment.Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.
In 1974, the DuPage County Forest Preserve District established a solid waste landfill west of the lake. [1] The landfill began operation March 4, 1975 and the last load of waste arrived March 13, 1999. The landfill occupies 230 acres (0.9 km 2) and rises to 982 feet (299.3 m) MSL making it the highest point in DuPage County. [2]
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Riverside Historic District (Riverside, Illinois) Riverside station (Illinois) T. F. F. Tomek House This page was last edited on 6 October 2024, at 08:57 (UTC). Text ...
Lake Calumet is a unit of the Illinois International Port District (IIPD), a municipal corporation created in 1951 whose purpose is to redevelop the lake as a multi-purpose and multimodal transport complex. [4]
Riverside is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population of the village was 9,298 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ] It is a suburb of Chicago , located roughly 9 miles (14 km) west of downtown Chicago and 2 miles (3 km) outside city limits.
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